Public Administration and Social Service Professions, Other

259 students earn a public administration and social service professions, other credential each year across 41 US colleges. Earnings below are the median for each school's graduates one and five years after finishing; debt is the median federal loan balance at completion.

Typical earnings, 1 year out: $44,593
Typical earnings, 5 years out: $63,217

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Bachelor's programs — 20 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1University of Virginia-Main CampusCharlottesville, Virginia—$65,6881 year out$88,094$20,362 2Jacksonville State UniversityJacksonville, Alabama—$44,7781 year out$66,503$31,000 3University at AlbanyAlbany, New York—$44,7581 year out$62,649$23,225 4University of California-DavisDavis, California43$44,5931 year out$63,217$14,171 5Rutgers University-NewarkNewark, New Jersey34$42,4821 year out$62,710$27,000 6Rutgers University-New BrunswickNew Brunswick, New Jersey—$42,4821 year out$62,710$27,000 7Troy UniversityTroy, Alabama—$31,4541 year out$48,088$28,968 8National Louis UniversityChicago, Illinois28—1 year out$52,196—9Metropolitan College of New YorkNew York, New York26—1 year out——10Pfeiffer UniversityMisenheimer, North Carolina15—1 year out——11University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical CampusDenver, Colorado11—1 year out—$33,510 12New York UniversityNew York, New York10—1 year out——13Villanova UniversityVillanova, Pennsylvania6—1 year out——14College of Coastal GeorgiaBrunswick, Georgia4—1 year out$53,810—15Seattle UniversitySeattle, Washington3—1 year out——16University of Maryland Global CampusAdelphi, Maryland1—1 year out$92,433—17Northeastern UniversityBoston, Massachusetts1—1 year out——18Trevecca Nazarene UniversityNashville, Tennessee1—1 year out——19Northeastern Illinois UniversityChicago, Illinois——1 year out$71,031—20Empire State UniversitySaratoga Springs, New York——1 year out$75,805—

Associate programs — 15 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Community College of VermontMontpelier, Vermont6$38,2161 year out$35,099—2Metropolitan College of New YorkNew York, New York10—1 year out——3Oklahoma State University-Oklahoma CityOklahoma City, Oklahoma9—1 year out——4Trevecca Nazarene UniversityNashville, Tennessee5—1 year out——5Porterville CollegePorterville, California3—1 year out——6College of MarinKentfield, California2—1 year out——7Cape Cod Community CollegeWest Barnstable, Massachusetts2—1 year out——8Vermont State UniversityRandolph, Vermont2—1 year out——9Lake Tahoe Community CollegeSouth Lake Tahoe, California1—1 year out——10Rio Hondo CollegeWhittier, California1—1 year out——11Northwest State Community CollegeArchbold, Ohio1—1 year out——12Onondaga Community CollegeSyracuse, New York0—1 year out$31,310—13Elgin Community CollegeElgin, Illinois——1 year out$31,857—14Massasoit Community CollegeBrockton, Massachusetts——1 year out$36,010$6,333 15Suffolk County Community CollegeSelden, New York——1 year out$36,511—

Certificate programs — 9 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Moreno Valley CollegeMoreno Valley, California0$56,5671 year out—$14,119 2San Diego City CollegeSan Diego, California21—1 year out$42,085—3Boise State UniversityBoise, Idaho6—1 year out——4Los Angeles Trade Technical CollegeLos Angeles, California2—1 year out——5MiraCosta CollegeOceanside, California1—1 year out——6Rio Hondo CollegeWhittier, California1—1 year out——7Monroe Community CollegeRochester, New York1—1 year out——8University of the Virgin IslandsCharlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands1—1 year out——9American Public University SystemCharles Town, West Virginia1—1 year out——

US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data (4-digit CIP). Graduates are conferrals in the most recent IPEDS year; earnings cover federally-aided completers who are working and not enrolled; medians for small programs are privacy-suppressed (—).